短语to toy with某人或某事表示对一个人的感情不认真、不看重，说得重一些就是玩弄感情。 Peter has been going out with Mary for five years and he never talks about marriage. He is just...

如果形容某人有一个“尖的舌头 a sharp tongue”那意思就是这个人言语尖刻，说话毫不留情。 Don‘t worry about what the boss says, he has a sharp tongue. Stephen‘s sharp tongue meant t...

to be at liberty to do something表示一个人可以自由地、随意地、不受约束地做某事。 Some companies keep information about salaries confidential and lower rank managers are not at lib...

新年新气象，什么都要焕然一新。英语词汇当然也要更新，本文就来聊聊new的各种新说法。 新年新气象！ 年初很多人都会用这个表达： New year, new you: 新的一年，新的你！ 所以我们也要来...

当一个人说two wheels are better than four的时候他的意思就是骑自行车比开汽车好。 If you want to get healthy, get out of your car and onto your bike; two wheels are better than four...

一年一度的圣诞节就要来了，先为大家送上最诚挚的圣诞祝福，不过为什么其它节日祝福都是Happy，而圣诞节要用Merry呢？ 为什么是Merry Christmas？ Google 这么说： Merry Christmas and a...

我们用短语with flying colours来形容某人轻松出色地完成某事，像测验或考试。 She passed her exams with flying colours! With all that practice, John will pass his driving test with fl...

短语a big deal常被用来形容某人或某个情况、形势非常重要。 It‘s obviously a big deal to her to get a promotion first because she can move up in the company faster than anybody else...

我们用短语all the colours of the rainbow来形容某物五颜六色、五彩缤纷。 Jane had some incredible clothes in her wardrobe; they were all the colours of the rainbow. We saw so many a...

短语a big fish in a small pond的直译是“一个小池塘里的大鱼”，实际表达的意思是一个小公司或小地方的大人物。 Paul is a manager of a small company; he likes to be a big fish in a sma...